So, I’m notorious for misplacing my gadgets. At least a couple of times a month I have to use my house phone to call my cell phone to see where I buried it. In our house it’s not “Follow the yellow brick road” but follow the sound of my current ringtone. Of course, this doesn’t [...]Read Full Article →

My transition from Entourage to Apple Mail… I, sort of, hated to leave Entourage and Outlook 2011 behind, but it was a needed move… For the past few days, i’ve been working on a change that I made an attempt to do in July of 2011. The switch from Microsoft Entourage [...]Read Full Article →

I remember the days when we lived in terror of magnets coming anywhere near our computers. They could destroy info on floppies and hard drives. Magnets in speakers that were too close to the monitor could distort colors something fierce. I had a friend who owned a print shop that had a pizza place move [...]Read Full Article →

As Earth Day 2013 approaches… …here are more apps with the Recycle vibe in mind! FreeMesa “FreeMesa.org is a site dedicated to freecycling and helping people find free stuff. It is a place to exchange stuff with people in your local community, all for free.” Read Full Article →

Suppose you went into a store, and none of the merchandise was priced – no tags, no stickers, no shelf signs – nothing. You ask one of the clerks, who tells you if you give up your name and email address, he’ll give you a pair of glasses that will show you the hidden prices [...]Read Full Article →

I came across a promo for a very interesting group a few days ago. Music & Memory is a non-profit organization involved with training and assisting nursing home staff and other elder care professionals, as well as family caregivers in using music to help those suffering from Alzheimer’s, dementia and other cognitive and [...]Read Full Article →

I really like having Passbook on my iPhone 5. It’s great to have location aware passes that show up when I’m at the airport, at the movies or in one of my favorite stores. Most of the business I deal with regularly have adopted Passbook where it makes sense. I get my Delta boarding passes [...]Read Full Article →

Last Week I Started An Awareness Countdown to Earth Day, Which is April 22nd How Do You Keep Your Environment Healthy and Green? In the continuation of my countdown to Earth Day, this weeks featured app is Green Shine. Green Shine is an iPhone app that provides “Environmentally friendly solutions for [...]Read Full Article →

For some time now, I’ve been looking for a good dock for my iPhone 5. For whatever reason, Apple doesn’t make one. I tried out a third-party stand that I found on Amazon – it looked like the old 30-pin stand but with the new Lightning connector. Unfortunately, it was so tight that I really [...]Read Full Article →

I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m tired of dealing with the s-l-o-w page rendering in Safari — on the iPad as well as my iMac & MacBook Air. Some sites seem to take forever to load. And on the iPad, sites that need Flash? Sorry, Safari doesn’t do Flash on iOS. On my [...]Read Full Article →

Earth Day 2013 Will Be Celebrated April 22nd, with the continuation of “A Billions Acts of Green” Join In The Celebration! “A Billion Acts of Green is an international movement, started in 2010, and continuing today to protect the planet and secure a sustainable future” by getting people involved and pledging [...]Read Full Article →

Last week I was called out of town unexpectedly for a work emergency that required my presence at the home office (there are time when telecommuting just doesn’t work). I got the call Monday afternoon and early Tuesday I was on a plane. Fortunately, I has just that weekend started playing with a media server [...]Read Full Article →

Sooner or later, that computer, audio device, tablet, whatever electronic device is going to give you a headache. Some feature will not behave in the usual manner. The mouse won’t scroll. The keyboard won’t respond. A window won’t go away. Most of the time, it just takes a simple fix. Where to start? 1. If [...]Read Full Article →

In a bold move today Monday, April 1st 2013, Apple has announced that they will bring back the Floppy Disk to not only their desktop and notebook line of computers but also their iPad line of tablets. Phil Schiller was quoted as saying “we still see life in the floppy disk and room for innovation.” [...]Read Full Article →